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American Indians have greatest COVID-19 death rate in Wisconsin
American Indians have greatest COVID-19 death rate in Wisconsin
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare long-standing inequalities when it comes to health outcomes, particularly devastating among communities of color, including native communities.
MILWAUKEE - The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare long-standing inequalities when it comes to health outcomes, particularly devastating among communities of color, including native communities. That’s why we’re here, for native to native conversations, said Mark Denning during a Native Strong town hall event.
In its 46th week, the virtual COVID-19 town hall is held by the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center in Milwaukee.
Health Centers Receive Vaccines – And Prepare for the Work to Come
As safety net health center staff vaccinate employees, they re also preparing to administer vaccines to the nation s most vulnerable communities.
Dr. Lyle Ignace, chief executive officer of the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center in Wisconsin, receives his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. (Photo courtesy of the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center)
When Urban Health Plan, a community health center in New York, found out that they were getting the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, things happened fast.
Once they learned that they’d been approved for the vaccine, they received word that all vaccine orders needed to be placed by the following morning. A week later, they heard that the vaccine was on its way.